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Cows for sale for his education
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Local
A good sale is what Teariki Fanovaha is after to send him off overseas to study. Fanovaha has recently been accepted to study aeronautical engineering at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in Blenheim, New Zealand. He is selling the bull, cow and calf that he cares for on his family land in Avatiu Valley, […]
Forum Pacific service stops
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Local
The MV Forum Pacific will no longer service the Cook Islands. Pacific Direct Line has formally announced the expiration of the vessel’s charter, adding that management had been unable to negotiate an extension with Reef Shipping. “Our hope was to extend the charter through till August 2012 when the Rarotonga wharf extension was completed and […]
First NZHC Aitutaki visit enjoyed by all
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in National
Araura Primary School played host to John Carter, New Zealand High Commissioner, and his wife Leoni during their recent visit to Aitutaki. The visit to the school was part of Carter’s first official trip to Aitutaki, which he describes as “a really successful visit”. His day in Aitutaki involved meeting with the Island Council and […]
Te Kukpupa joins forces for fishing patrol
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in National
Maritime patrol boat Te Kukupa has uncovered a number of minor fishery infringements in Cook Islands waters during an international surveillance patrol this month, but no major infringements or illegal fishing were uncovered during the mission. The Cook Islands maritime surveillance unit teamed up with counterparts from Kiribati and French Polynesia for the week-long mission, […]
Pacific crops make a nutritious flour
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in National
“Local crops make nutritious flour,” says head of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Community and Education Training Centre. Greater food value, economically viable, local resource material: these features make flour production at the Community Education and Training Centre (CETC) anything but ‘run-of-the-mill’. “We have been working with women at the grassroots level, showing them […]
Wildlife trade fight goes regional
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Environment
Environment officer Elizabeth Munro is representing the Cook Islands at three back-to-back regional workshops in Fiji. Two are being put on by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), one regarding international trade in wild fauna and flora and the other on a regional approach to marine management. The first, formally entitled CITES (Convention […]
MMR is going back to school
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Environment
Staff of the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) have been going back to school – not as students but as instructors to impart information about the numerous marine animals and plants in our lagoon. Part of the aim is to explain a bit more about the role of MMR in conserving and managing these resources. […]
Czeching into Cooks
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Local
Hynek Kmonicek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, will visit the Cook Islands this week to present his letters of credentials to the Cook Islands government. The ambassador, resident in Canberra, Australia, is concurrently accredited to New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. This will be the second Czech Ambassador to visit the Cook […]
First jewellery manufacturer certified
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Local
Take a dozen years, 8000 hours of work, a smattering of custom-made jewellery and a pinch of the unknown and you’ll get the story of how Brent Fisher has become the Cook Islands’first certified jeweller manufacturer. Fisher was lucky enough to put an official end to a 12-year long goal of his last week when […]
Marine park 'framework' allows multi-use
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Local
A three-day workshop led by the Cook Islands marine park interim steering committee, and attended by regional and international conservation experts, has led to the drafting of an overarching framework to guide the ongoing planning and management of the marine park. The steering committee has been tasked with providing recommendations to cabinet for final decision […]
Experts meet to discuss water network
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in National
Water engineering experts are meeting in Rarotonga this week for a technical workshop to discuss and present the optimal option for renewal of the island’s aging water supply network. Minister of Infrastructure and Planning Teariki Heather will open the three-day workshop this morning. “Upgrading water supply on Rarotonga is a key priority for the government […]
Susie and Sam selected
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in National
The Edgewater Resort & Spa honoured two of its standout staff last week. The resort selects one or two employees from its staff that have been awarded Employee of the Month for the previous year to become the Employee of the Year. The 2011 employees of the year were announced in a small ceremony at […]
School health checks underway
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in National
Checking the health of the students across the country has begun for the year. The Ministry of Health carried out school physical health examinations at Avarua and Arorangi Schools in late February, timed to coincide with the eye screening programme. Child health coordinator Mamatoranga John said overall the health checks were a success and there […]
Drunk driver caused 'terrible injuries'
Monday 26 March 2012 | Published in Crime
Muri businessman Stephen Spain appeared in court on Friday for sentencing on two charges of causing bodily injury while driving under the influence of drink, and one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol. Both relate to an incident in January of this year, in which the defendant was driving while intoxicated (with a level […]
Accomplice sentenced
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Crime
For conspiring to burgle Ronnie Si’ulepa’s house in conjunction with Bishop Bailey, Kapu Joseph was sentenced in the High Court yesterday. Appearing before Chief Justice Tom Weston, the teenaged defendant represented himself. He responded in the affirmative when Weston asked whether Bailey was the “leader” of the criminal activity. Weston then asked the defendant he […]
Burglar aged 16 convicted
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Crime
Having admitted a principal charge of burgling Ronnie Si’uelpa’s home, Bishop Bailey appeared for sentencing before Chief Justice Tom Weston in the High Court yesterday. Bailey, 16, also pleaded guilty to a single charge of theft of a cell phone, a single charge of possession of cannabis and a single charge of smoking cannabis. Si’ulepa […]
2 years in jail for sex crime
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Crime
Seventeen-year-old Ngatokoa Teao has been sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted on a charge of attempted sexual intercourse with a girl under 12. When the prisoner failed to appear in court on Thursday, the bench issued a warrant for his arrest. Yesterday Teao appeared for sentencing before Chief Justice Tom Weston. Prior […]
Climate change appointment
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Environment
Rerekura Teaurere has been appointed climate change co-coordinator within the climate change division of the Office of the Prime Minster. Though she grew up in New Zealand, Rerekura is of Penryhn descent, and recently completed a master of science honours degree at the University of Auckland. Her thesis focused on exploring inter-organisational influences on sustainable […]
Tuna stocks worth millions: MMR
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Environment
A stock assessment carried out by the French Space Agency (CSL) for the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has estimated there is 190,000 tonnes of skipjack tuna in Cook Islands waters. According to the report most of skipjack (au’opu) are found in the northern Cook Islands, north of 15 degree latitude above Suwarrow with the […]
New survey reveals rich tuna stocks
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Local
Revised estimates of the stocks of skipjack tuna in Cook Islands waters have revealed that possibly hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the fish could be available. Previous counts have underestimated the amount of skipjack tuna that live in the Cook Islands’ exclusive economic zone, the Ministry for Marine Resources revealed yesterday. New counts […]
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